Living in New Zealand can feel really backwards sometimes.
We are technically the first country to see the new day, yet we can be one of the last to see TV shows.

Take today. On TV3, they were advertising for X Factor Australia series 2.
I personally don't bother watching the show, I don't care too much for them. But because I have no life and I'm waiting for Project Runway Season 7 to come on, I'll flick to this show once in a while.
Anyway, TV3's ad was going on about "Who's gonna make it to the finale? Find out this Thursday and Friday..."
To which I respond:"Suck it. I'll find out myself. Hello Wikipedia :D"

I don't know where I'd be without Wikipedia. Without Wiki, I'd probably get crappier marks for uni not being able to understand anything. And I'd be behind TV shows that haven't actually shown in NZ.

So here I'd go on Wiki, searching up The X Factor (Australia Season 2), and hello results list :P (I won't mention on here for the sake of not spoiling it for everyone else. You all can look yourselves on Wiki.)

And normally, I'd use this information to prove my correctness while my family watches the show.

[In the living room, watching X Factor Elimination] - I've changed names for safety.
Mum: It's going to be "Judge 1's person".
Sis: No, "Judge 3's person" is the one who sucks. They can't get rid of "Judge 1's person"
Me: It's totally going to be "Judge 2's person".
Mum: How do you know?
Me: Well they just are because [insert dozens of reason why they are going to leave, unrelated to the fact that I already know that they leave.]

[20 minutes later]
Me: Told you I'd be right.

However, this does work the other way, where NZ is first and I will know everything before anyone else in other countries in the world.

For example:

(Just to note, I do have real friends. Not just fake facebook friends who happen to be celebrities. And I don't know if Miley Cyrus is a good speller.)
Suckers, I live in the future and get to celebrate Christmas before you do. :D

Hmm....
I have just realised a disadvantage to living in future NZ.

Think in that case I'll just try to get to Hawaii before Dec 20th, 2012. That will give me an extra 24 hours to dig a hole and save myself. Problem solved :)

(Note: No, I don't really believe in 2012. I'll prove it to you once it hits NZ.)

currently: lying in bed, been feeling a bit iffy this week - not fully sick but kinda weird enough to not want to do anything because its too tiring cause you feel iffy.

A brief conversation with Boyfriend:
Me: I have no life. I'm so lame. I'm such a loser.
Boyfriend: You're not a loser.
Me: Yes I am. I'm wasting my Friday night at home, playing Facebook games.
Boyfriend: You're not a loser. You're just bored. Why don't you write something then?
Me: I don't have a clue what to write.
Boyfriend: I'm sure you'll think of something. Write about boredom.
Me: Haha, but it will make a boring post.

Why will it make a boring post?
Cause I do nothing in my day.

11am:

Normally the time where I wake up if I don't set my alarm, or I turn off my alarm and fall back asleep. Eventually I'll roll out of bed and have a shower.

1pm:

Had a shower, hence towel on head drying wet hair. I'll have my laptop, begin to check my emails and sit on the couch in front of the tv. I'll eat if I feel hungry.

1am:

Still in same spot on couch, with laptop, hoping something on Facebook would happen. But most people are still busy studying, or in Boyfriend's case, working on his final assignment. He's normally the only person that will want to talk to me. So I play games. Like Sorority Life, where a 40 year old woman will pay $2 million SL dollars to someone to attack me because she can't beat me up.

currently: lying on my stomach in bed. This really can't be good for the back.

Who ever said painting was a relaxing thing to do lied.
Or at least they didn't live in my neighbourhood.

Yesterday's task was to paint a flower on a canvas.
Seemingly an easy task to do. Well except for the fact I've never found myself to be any good at painting (last time I painted a picture was in year 11, trying to get into Year 12 Photography. I was never really into painting.)

Anyway, I spent about 7 hours altogether painting this flower.(I took a break in the middle to road trip up to the boyfriend's college and back) The first 3 hours I did sitting at my back deck so I don't get paint on the carpets.

During those 3 hours, I didn't put on any music. It was just the natural sounds of the outside.

Well outside was natural suburbia. Which wasn't peaceful at all.
For three hours, I listened to my next door neighbour yell at his wife and swear at his lawnmower. I heard his lawn mower go on about every 20 minutes, only sounding like it was cutting a metre of grass before it made weird clanking noises.
I heard boyracers blast their TradeMe stereo systems from their cars on the street.
And last of all, I heard 2 annoying birds laughing at my painting.

Really, these birds sounded like they were laughing at my painting.

Nothing about painting can really be relaxing. Bugs fly into your canvas and get themselves stuck. You get a sore back from hunching over your paintwork. Sunblindness makes your painting too much darker than it should be. Plus all the natural noise that comes from suburbia.

And this is why I never took Year 12 Painting. Painting isn't relaxing.

Oh and btw, this is how the painting turned out:

Its decent enough for parents to put on the fridge. Not really great enough for it to be on full display in the living room.

currently: hearing dogs bark and fireworks go off. Happy Guy Fawkes Day!
Hey, so I've finally finished uni for the year! Its hard to believe that first year uni is done, just like that.
So now, I've got loads of time suddenly. Need to find out how to spend my time now... (sleeping probably.)

Anyway, now I can spend my nights...at home...posting a new blog.
Wow, I need more hobbies.

Here's my week of photos :D
Starting with Sunday night last week:

I took these while at the beach during sunset with Boyfriend and his mum. Really quiet and peaceful :)
We had bakery food for lunch, and when we went to the bakery. I spotted these spelling errors which amused me (Community Channel moment. :D)

Wednesday: This was in the uni quad for some reason. An ad for a Prime TV show.

Then this was posted on a temporary construction war. Didn't realise Porky Pig was our Prime Minister....

The girl.

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